17.5 - Gravel bank thickets

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Dense formations of large shrubs of coastal gravel banks of the Palaearctic region, in particular, thermo-mediterranean brushes of Mediterranean gravel banks. Codes from units 31.8, 32.2 can be used to specify habitats.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Paradis and Piazza, 1995: 77.